课件22张PPT。Unit 3 CelebrationsIn this unit you will… Read a magazine article, two Internet pages and a literature extract.
Talk about celebrations, give advice and send, accept and refuse invitations. Listen to dialogues and radio
programmes.
Write a description of a party.
Learn about the Passive.
BrainstormingWarm upWhen do people celebrate?When they get promotedget marriedget their salary increasedhave a babygraduatefind a good jobmove into a big house…festivalsWhat festivals can you think of?
Can you describe it with a few sentences? (Group work) Example
On that day, the moon is said to be the largest and the brightest.the Mid-Autumn FestivalOther festivalsNew year
Spring Festival
The Lantern Festival
St. Valentine’s Day
April Fool’s Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Easter
Mid-Autumn Festival
… …Double Ninth festival (重阳节)It is the custom for the Chinese people to go hiking and mountain climbing on that day.
It is a day to show respect to the old.Key Wordsgraduation, a birthday, Christmas, passing and exam, a sporting victory, Mid-Autumn Festival, the New Year, a wedding, Halloween, Dragon Boat FestivalWarm-up1. Look at the photos. What are the people celebrating?Dragon Boat Festival Christmas a wedding Listening What are they celebrating?Answers:
1 Christmas
2 a sporting victory
3 a birthday
4 a wedding
5 the New YearLesson 1
FestivalsLook at the pictures.
What do you know about these
festivals?the Mid-Autumn FestivalThe Dragon Boat FestivalThe Lantern FestivalReading Match the pictures with the
festivals.Underline the typical activity and
food while reading.Do exercise 3.Voice your opinionWhich traditional festival do you think is the most important one?
Why?Assignment Remember the key words.
Find the sentences with the passive voice.